Fire management impacts on invasive plants in the western United States

Conservation Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 375-384

  Keeley, Jon E ^a,b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Exotic plants; Fire suppression; Fuel breaks; Fuel reduction; Non native plants; Postfire rehabilitation; Prescription burning

Indexed keywords

FIRE MANAGEMENT; INVASIVE SPECIES; PRESCRIBED BURNING;

ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FIRE; METHODOLOGY; PLANT; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; FIRES; PLANTS; UNITED STATES;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA;

EID: 33645131903     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2006.00339.x     Document Type: Review

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